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daily briefing notebooklm

Use this when an executive wants a hands-free audio summary of their day's key documents, reports, and schedule — ideal for commutes or pre-meeting prep. Trigger when someone says: 'morning briefing', 'commute briefing', 'audio summary of my reports', 'NotebookLM overview', or 'brief me on today's docs'.

productivity Tags: curated, google-workspace, executive, email, gmail

Attribution: Prepared by 6DuckLearn. Inspired by Google Workspace with Gemini Prompting Guide 101 (2025).

When to use this

You're an executive who wants to absorb the day's key information — reports, news articles, your schedule — without reading a screen. This uses NotebookLM's Audio Overview to generate a podcast-style briefing you can listen to while commuting or getting ready.

What you'll get

A conversational, podcast-style audio overview that synthesises the documents you upload, highlighting the most important findings, decisions, and context — ready to play on your phone.

Prompt template

Use this in NotebookLM (notebooklm.google.com):

1. Create a new Notebook in NotebookLM.
2. Upload your sources: today's top reports, relevant news articles, and your calendar/schedule (as a PDF or copied text).
3. Click "Audio Overview" and let NotebookLM generate your briefing.
4. Play on your phone during your commute.

No text prompt required — NotebookLM generates the audio from your uploaded sources automatically.

Recommended sources to upload:

  • Weekly business review or status report (PDF or Google Doc link)
  • 2-3 relevant industry news articles
  • Your calendar for the day (export or copy key meetings)
  • Any pre-read materials for today's meetings

Customisation tips

  • Focus the briefing: After uploading, type in the chat: "Focus the overview on financial performance and the upcoming board discussion"
  • Multiple formats: NotebookLM accepts Google Docs, PDFs, web URLs, and copied text — mix and match
  • Save the notebook: Reuse it each week by swapping out the source documents
  • Share with your EA: Your EA can prepare the notebook the night before so it's ready when you wake up
  • Listen at 1.5x speed on your phone for a faster briefing

Iteration suggestions

After listening to the briefing:

  1. Need to respond to a key item? → use executive-file-grounded-reply to draft a reply grounded in the report
  2. A meeting was added to your day? → use delegate-meeting-with-assignments if you need to send someone in your place

Related skills in this workflow

Step Skill What it does
1 board-meeting-confirmation-email Confirm attendance and request agenda change
2 executive-file-grounded-reply Reply to exec emails with file-grounded context
3 delegate-meeting-with-assignments Delegate a meeting and assign action items
4 executive-presentation-outline Create a detailed presentation outline by voice
5 → You are here daily-briefing-notebooklm Generate a commute-ready audio briefing

Related skills

  • board meeting confirmation email — Use this when an executive needs to confirm attendance at a board meeting and request an agenda change — drafted and sent from Gmail with a single prompt. Trigger when someone says: 'confirm board meeting', 'reply to board invite', 'adjust board agenda', or 'add item to board agenda'.
  • delegate meeting with assignments — Use this when an executive cannot attend a meeting and needs to delegate attendance, assign note-taking, specify a required decision, and assign ownership of follow-up work — all in one email. Trigger when someone says: 'I can't make the meeting', 'delegate the meeting', 'assign someone to attend in my place', or 'draft a meeting delegation email'.
  • executive file grounded reply — Use this when an executive needs to reply to an email about a project or deliverable and has a status report or briefing document in Drive to reference. Trigger when someone says: 'reply using my project file', 'respond with the status report', 'draft an executive email referencing [document]'.
  • executive presentation outline — Use this when a C-suite executive needs to create a detailed presentation outline for an industry event, investor briefing, or keynote — including a customer Q&A section. Works by voice. Trigger when someone says: 'create a presentation outline', 'prepare my keynote', 'draft talking points for [event]', or 'I need a CEO presentation structure'.
  • email acknowledge commit — Use this when you need to send a quick, professional reply that confirms receipt of an email and commits to a specific action by a deadline. Trigger when someone says: 'acknowledge this email', 'reply that I received it', 'confirm I'll take action', or 'send a holding reply'.
  • email thread action items — Use this when you're looking at a long email thread and need to know what tasks, deadlines, and owners came out of it — without reading every reply. Trigger when someone says: 'extract action items', 'what are the next steps in this thread', 'summarise this email chain', or 'what's due from this email'.